Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 62 88
Rank change year-on-year +40 +26 +42
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 174 59 40
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 8.55% 3.28% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.64% 3.58% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 38 30
10th Percentile £413 £453 £462
25th Percentile £481 £493 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -6.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £686 £738 £680
90th Percentile £825 £800 £778
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £544
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.75% -10.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £66.71 - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,805 1,648 2,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.65% 91.61% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,250 1,035 1,500
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £437 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.97% -5.08%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.47%) Confluence
2 6 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.57%) Apache
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.17%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (4.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.72%) Aladdin
4 2 (1.15%) Loan IQ
4 2 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.15%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.15%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.15%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.57%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.57%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.57%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.57%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.57%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.57%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.57%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (22.41%) Azure
2 20 (11.49%) AWS
3 19 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 12 (6.90%) GCP
5 11 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.87%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.87%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.87%) SaaS
8 4 (2.30%) ChatGPT
8 4 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.30%) Serverless
9 3 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.72%) GitHub
9 3 (1.72%) IaaS
9 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.72%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (1.15%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.87%) Firewall
2 4 (2.30%) Network Security
2 4 (2.30%) VPN
3 3 (1.72%) DHCP
3 3 (1.72%) DNS
4 1 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.57%) NAS
4 1 (0.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.47%) Power BI
2 4 (2.30%) Metadata
2 4 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.30%) Tableau
3 3 (1.72%) Data Vault
3 3 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (1.15%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.15%) MySQL
4 2 (1.15%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.57%) Big Data
5 1 (0.57%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.57%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.57%) Looker
Development Applications
1 27 (15.52%) JIRA
2 2 (1.15%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.57%) ERwin
3 1 (0.57%) GitLab
3 1 (0.57%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 80 (45.98%) Finance
2 78 (44.83%) Social Skills
3 42 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (17.24%) Banking
5 19 (10.92%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.60%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.45%) Front Office
8 6 (3.45%) Legal
8 6 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.87%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.30%) Retail
11 3 (1.72%) Aviation
11 3 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.72%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.15%) Military
13 1 (0.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 51 (29.31%) Analyst
2 35 (20.11%) Business Analyst
3 21 (12.07%) Senior
4 19 (10.92%) Lead
5 18 (10.34%) Architect
5 18 (10.34%) Project Manager
6 12 (6.90%) Consultant
7 8 (4.60%) Data Analyst
7 8 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.02%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.45%) Banking Analyst
9 6 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (2.87%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (2.87%) Data Business Analyst
10 5 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (2.87%) Payments Business Analyst
10 5 (2.87%) Programme Manager
10 5 (2.87%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (2.87%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.87%) LangChain
2 4 (2.30%) LangGraph
3 3 (1.72%) REST
4 2 (1.15%) .NET
4 2 (1.15%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.15%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.57%) A2A Protocol
5 1 (0.57%) JSON
5 1 (0.57%) Kafka
5 1 (0.57%) Middleware
5 1 (0.57%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.57%) Next.js
5 1 (0.57%) Pandas
5 1 (0.57%) Playwright
5 1 (0.57%) React
5 1 (0.57%) SAML
5 1 (0.57%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.57%) Spring
5 1 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.62%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.47%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.32%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.45%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.30%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.30%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.72%) PMI
7 3 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.87%) Windows
2 4 (2.30%) Linux
3 3 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.57%) Android
5 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.74%) Agile
2 36 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (16.67%) Migration
5 28 (16.09%) DevOps
6 27 (15.52%) Decision-Making
7 25 (14.37%) AI
7 25 (14.37%) Analytics
8 24 (13.79%) Project Management
9 23 (13.22%) Risk Management
9 23 (13.22%) Workshop Facilitation
10 22 (12.64%) Project Delivery
11 21 (12.07%) Change Management
12 19 (10.92%) Business Analysis
12 19 (10.92%) Roadmaps
13 18 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
14 17 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (9.77%) User Acceptance Testing
15 16 (9.20%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.20%) SQL
2 10 (5.75%) Python
3 7 (4.02%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.45%) Java
5 3 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.15%) C#
6 2 (1.15%) Korn
7 1 (0.57%) C++
7 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.57%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.57%) R
7 1 (0.57%) Swift
Qualifications
1 29 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 28 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.34%) Degree
4 7 (4.02%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.02%) PMP
5 6 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.87%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.30%) CBAP
8 3 (1.72%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.72%) CISSP
9 2 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.15%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.15%) CFA
9 2 (1.15%) CISM
9 2 (1.15%) ISEB
9 2 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.57%) APMG
10 1 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.92%) QA
2 17 (9.77%) Data Quality
3 11 (6.32%) GDPR
3 11 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.02%) NIST
5 6 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.87%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.87%) PMO
6 5 (2.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (2.30%) GRC
7 4 (2.30%) Solvency II
8 3 (1.72%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.72%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.72%) SLA
9 2 (1.15%) ISO 8583
9 2 (1.15%) NIST 800
9 2 (1.15%) PSD2
10 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.57%) IFRS
10 1 (0.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.57%) Docker
4 1 (0.57%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (4.60%) Terraform
2 4 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.57%) Ansible
3 1 (0.57%) EMC VPLEX
3 1 (0.57%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.57%) vMotion
Vendors
1 33 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.05%) SAP
3 9 (5.17%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.60%) Oracle
5 7 (4.02%) Databricks
6 6 (3.45%) Google
7 4 (2.30%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.72%) Charles River
8 3 (1.72%) Informatica
8 3 (1.72%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.72%) VMware
9 2 (1.15%) Ariba
9 2 (1.15%) Guidewire
9 2 (1.15%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.15%) Talend
9 2 (1.15%) Workday
10 1 (0.57%) Avature
10 1 (0.57%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.57%) Rollbar
10 1 (0.57%) Sparx